Harrisons were a four-piece guitar band from Hillsborough in Sheffield, England. They were one of the leading bands in the so-called New Yorkshire scene, along with fellow Sheffielders Arctic Monkeys, Milburn, The Long Blondes and Bromheads Jacket. Harrisons were: Jubby Taylor (vocals and guitar), Ben Stanton (guitar), Ashley Birch (bass), and Mark White (drums).
In 2005, they recorded a live session for Phill Jupitus' show on BBC 6Music, and played the South By Southwest festival in Texas. They have also featured many times in NME, including a feature where the band guided a journalist around their favourite Sheffield haunts, including Sheffield Wednesday Football Club.
The band signed a deal with Melodic Records in 2006, and released their debut album No Fighting in the War Room in January 2008.
The video to the band's "Blue Note" single was based on the film Kes, and starred Phoenix Nights star Steve Edge as a Brian Glover-style PE teacher.
Harrisons split one week before the album was released.
The kicking punching
Trigger happy car crashing kids
Stink of drink and think
That it is just the way life is
But the problem lies
Behind their eyes
Their young minds
Filled with wicked lies.
The homeless jobless poor un-funded
Single parent packs
Work all day and work like slaves
Just to pay you back
For the price they pay
Grows every day
Just to keep the wolfs at bay
I can see the lies
Dancing in your eyes
You’re not an honest man
You’re not honest man
Who knows where were going
There’s no way of knowing
A funny way of showing
You’re full of false promises
And all were looking for’s a change
The times we’re living in are strange
We need to name and to shame
But who exactly is to blame?
The going nowhere people
Sit behind computer screens
Sapped of all ambition
And they’re robbed of all their dreams
With their zombie like expressions
Staring at the television sets
But now I’ve drawn the line
Believe me man its fine
You’re not an honest man
You’re not honest man
Who knows where were going
There’s no way of knowing
A funny way of showing
You’re full of false promises
And all were looking for’s a change
The times we’re living in are strange
We need to name and to shame
But who exactly is to blame?
The fat cat man starts counting all the money at his
desk
With his lying cheating dishonest politician pet
Who always takes he doesn’t give
Let’s lift the lid on what he did
Where does all the money go?
Show me the tree where all the money grows
And all were looking for is a change
The times we’re living in are strange
We need to name and to shame
But who exactly is to blame?
Who knows where we’re going
There’s no way of knowing
A funny way of showing
You’re full of false promises
Who knows where were going
There’s no way of knowing
A funny way of showing
You’re full of false promises
And all were looking for is a change
The times we’re living in are strange
We need to name and to shame
But who exactly is to blame?
You say what you mean